Director of Drama (Maternity Cover) 0.8 FTE

The post represents an exciting opportunity for a Director of Drama with the necessary vision and ambition to help the School offer a first rate academic education for boys. As a teacher at Wetherby you will have the opportunity to build your experience of working with a team of specialists and to develop the teaching of Drama in interesting and innovative ways. Teaching staff at Wetherby Senior School have experience of teaching in both the maintained and independent sectors and colleagues looking to move into independent education are warmly encouraged to apply.

The Drama Department

The Drama department has built a considerable reputation by both achieving excellent academic results at GCSE and producing a variety of performances that have challenged the pupils and audiences. The first play put on at the School was a promenade piece performed throughout the school building. Since then the Senior boys have performed Punch, a piece of physical theatre written by the current Director of Drama, the Mary Shelley novel (adapted by Nick Dear) Frankenstein, Don’t Drink the Water by Woody Allen, Beat the Devil by David Hare, Neville’s Island by Nick Dear and the tense action original script Bus Stop. There is also a Lower School play put on each year for boys in Years 7-9 and the inter-Trib Drama competition where each Trib (our name for a House) stages part of a play. 

Academic results have been outstanding with pupils consistently achieving 7-9 at GCSE with 46% of the cohort achieving 9 in 2022.

About the School

Wetherby Senior School was founded in 2015 and is a member of the Alpha Plus Group of Schools. There are currently 416 boys. Our first three sets of GCSE results have been excellent and we are proud to have continued this trend with our first two sets of A level results. Our students achieved grades that allowed them to gain places at top UK Universities such as; Cambridge, LSE, Imperial, Durham and UCL and Universities aboard such as; the University of Chicago, Pompeu Fabra Barcelona and the IE Business School Madrid.

The School was founded to offer an outstanding education in the heart of London. The School’s focus on providing an all-round education means that high standards are expected of the boys in all areas of school life. The School provides the boys with a broad educational experience, which includes Philosophy in the curriculum, to ensure that they are able to think critically and to problem solve but also to ensure they can be creative and collaborative in their approach, so that they develop a sense of social responsibility and respect for others. Our skilled staff, who have a wealth of experience, are preparing to send our pupils to leading universities in the UK, the US and elsewhere.

At Wetherby Senior School we seek to employ highly professional teachers with the ability and commitment to enhance the life of this School and to work effectively and collaboratively with all members of the School community to further establish and develop the School. Our emphasis on educating the whole boy means that all members of staff are expected to contribute to the pastoral care of a group of students as a Form Tutor as well as contributing to the School’s co-curricular activities. 

The Alpha Plus Group offers an attractive remuneration package.

Please submit applications through the Alpha Plus Portal.

Applications should reach the school no later than Monday 16th January 2022. Please note that interviews may be held at any stage after applications are received, so candidates are advised to apply as soon as possible. The vacancy may be closed earlier than the specified deadline, if the right candidate is found.

Safeguarding

Wetherby Senior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The protection of our students’ welfare is the responsibility of all Wetherby Senior School staff and individuals are expected to conduct themselves in a way that reflects the principles of our organisation.

The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced disclosure via the DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) and will have DBS clearance. This check will be carried out alongside other relevant pre-employment checks. References will be taken up and carefully checked.

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Equal Opportunities

Wetherby Senior School wholeheartedly supports the principle of equal opportunities in employment; and actively opposes all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of sex, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, age or disability.